Pipe-covering.



PATENTED OGT. 27,1903.

H. s. LORD.

' PIPE COVERING.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 17. 1902.

n mu HM UNIT zen of the United S the county of Sagadahoc and PatentedOctober 27, 1903.

HARRY s. LORD, OF BATH, MAINE.

PIPE-COVERING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,689, dated October27, 1903.

Application filed December 17,1902. Serial No. 135,537. (No model.)

S. LORD, a cititates, residing at Bath, in State of Maine,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pipe-Coverings, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in pipe-coverings such as are usedfor covering [0 steam and hot-water pipes;

my invention is th made of canvas which can when desired and which Wlllbe or detached thoroughly practical r 5 tended purpose.

and one object of e provision of a covering be easily applied andefiicient for the in- Another object of my invention is the provision ofa canvas covering means for securing the for pipes having ends of thecoverings by a suitable lacing device.

Another object of my invention is the provision of a pipe-covering whichcan be quickly applied, which will present an attractive appearance, andwhich can ure as which can be easily transported,

be produced at to commend it.

With these objects in view such alow figmy invention consists of apipe-covering embodying novel features of construction and combinationof parts, substantially Figure 1 represents a side elevation of mycovering applied to a perspective view as disclosed herein.

a pipe. Fig. 2 represents of a portion of the covering detached. Fig. 3represents a sectional view taken transversely through the pipe andcovering.

In the drawings, A designates a pipe,around which is placed the asbestoscovering B, and

this is preferably surrounded by a covering of fabric 0, and ar 0 Iplace my'dalnvas ound the entire structure covering D. My canvascovering fits snugly around the interior covering and has its meeting oradjacent end E reinforced, and one of the reinforced portions isprovided with 5 F. In the reinforc the flat or protecting strip ed edgesE of my covering means of this I secure the series of hooks G, withwhich is. en aged the lacing-cord H, which is arranged preferably asshown in the drawings, and by construction it will be seen that the endsof the covering are drawn snugly together to cause the covering to fitsmoothly upon the pipe and to give a neat and attractive appearance, andthe free end of the lacing may be tied or secured by a suitablefastening J. I also provide the reinforced or double edges of thecovering with an elastic or yielding portion K to permit the covering tobe adjusted to pipes of various diameters, as circumstances require.

From the foregoing description and drawings it will be understood that Iprovide a pipe-covering which can be quickly applied or removed, whichis of attractive appearance, capable of production at a very low price,and thoroughly efiicient and practical in every particular.

I claim- 1. A covering for'pipes, consisting of an inner jacket, anouter canvas covering having its meeting edges reinforced and elastic,an exterior or protecting flap on one of the edges to close the gapbetween the edges, hooks secured upon said edges, a lacing engaging thehooks and a fastening for the free end of said lacing.

2. The pipe-covering herein shown and described, consisting of the.asbestos, the canvas covering having on one edge the protecting-flapand having the elastic strips along the inner edges, the hooks connectedto said strips, the lacing engaging said hooks and the fastenings forsecuring the ends of the lacing. 1

In testimony whereof I affix my signature WVitnesses:

FREDK. J. HINoKLY, C. M. Gonnnun.

